Hi Beauties! Its been too long! With all this social distancing, I have gotten back into watching beauty tutorials and following influencers. I feel inspired and I think nail trends would make a great first topic.
You may ask, why press on nails with all your at home gel manicure expertise? Beauty Influencer Whitney Simmons swears by press on nails- she has all these fabulous Instagram posts showing her wearing press on nails. About an hour ago, I saw the Rebecca Minkoff imPRESS Press-On Manicure nails for $8.99 at Walgreens in a variety of fun colors and designs. I bought the above photographed nails along with a light blue color (which I will be returning ASAP)
Its important to note: this is my first foray into press on nails. I have never considered fake nails before Whitney’s endorsement. While the process of applying press on nails may seem straight forward, its not that easy. In the process of applying the nails, I discovered two key challenges:
- It is very difficult to find a nail that is the correct size. Many nails are simply too small and the nails pictured above clearly don’t fit.
- If you do not position the nail properly along the cuticle, it looks strange. Positioning the nail must take a lot of expertise. The Beauty Influencer Whitney who inspired all of this must have had professional experts apply the nails for the endorsement.
When I saw how silly the first hand looked, I gave up. Before I removed the nails, I had to take above picture for this blog post. I found it so hard to type on my phone, I had to remove the nails immediately. I always see pictures on Kylie Jenner, the Kardashian’s, or other celebrities on Instagram showing ridiculously long nails. They are so impractical-I honestly can’t imagine having to adapt all of my essential day to day life processes for beauty. I am telling you, basic tasks become difficult with these nails. Needless to say, I do not buy into this trend.
After this experience, I do not recommend press on nails under any circumstance. If you are short on time, I recommend applying one coat of Sally Hansen’s Instadry (about $4.99) with Seche Vita’s Quick Dry Top Coat (about $10.00). You can’t lose with the wide brush and the quick dry formulas!
Please let me know what topics you would like me to write about!
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Agreed. I like the stick on nails from ultra, much easier to use.
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So well written, so clear, and with a great point of view! I will never use stick on nails.
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I tried them before seeing that she had been wearing them. I used the Kiss nails and I had a very easy time putting them on (a plain red) and they looked SO GOOD. I clipped them to be shorter, which made them perfect for me. My nails underneath hurt though and I was so sad!! I think because of how rounded the fake nails were on top of my real nails. I took them off the next day. I read that you can get used to the feeling, but my lil nails were aching and I didn’t want to deal with it! I’ll turn to these if I’m ever in a pinch though, for sure!
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